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US 8,585,101 B2Granted
Flange connection
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorArnold Loebig
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Abstract
A flange connection is provided for a turbocharger and an exhaust system. The flange connection includes, but is not limited to a clamping bracket that engages over flanges provided on the turbocharger and on the exhaust system and clamps them with one another using at least one screw, which, using a screw thread provided in the clamping bracket, exerts pressure on a pressure part, which in turn exerts pressure on the edges of flanges.
Claims13
A flange connection of a turbocharger and an exhaust system, comprising:
- a clamping bracket configured to engage over flanges of the turbocharger and on the exhaust system,
- a screw configured to cooperate with the clamping bracket to brace the turbocharger the exhaust system;
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- a screw thread provided in the clamping bracket configured to exert pressure on a pressure part that in turn exerts pressure on an edge of the flanges,
- wherein the pressure part has a V-shaped contact surface with an internal contour that presses against a V-shaped external contour of the edge of the flanges.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.